2010/4/1 Thorsten Wilms <[email protected]> > On Thu, 2010-04-01 at 01:38 +0200, Juanjo Marin wrote: > > > http://live.gnome.org/SWOT > > Very interesting and it appears to be thorough, but one things bugs me: > > > "Usable > GNOME understands that usability is about creating software that is easy > for everyone to use, not about piling on features." > > > I think the term "usable" implies general fitness, that what is refereed > to can be used to accomplish what it is meant for without nasty > side-effects. It does not necessarily imply a level of quality beyond > that. > > Instead you could write "User-centered" or "User-friendly", perhaps. > > While there are varying definitions of usability, ease-of-use might be a > factor among several, if it appears as such at all. > > The "for everyone" is problematic, but I know how hard it is to be more > specific. > > A tight definition of usability could be: > The combination of effectiveness, efficiency and user satisfaction of an > interface, regarding a specific task, context and user(-group). > Where effectiveness refers to the level of fitness for the purpose and > efficiency refers to the amount of work or time required. It's a 3 level > system: does it work at all, does it work well, is it satisfying? The > last level puts some weight on rather emotional factors that can have an > impact on performance. It is possible that a user is more satisfied with > an interface that is actually less efficient. > > > I guess vagueness in this area is another weakness. > > > I agree with Thorsten Wilms comment about usability...
About Accessibility: I think this link could be used[0], it has some links to other wiki pages containing more information about GNOME-A11y. I wonder if we should give a more detailed description about a11y there or adding the GNOME Accessibility link is good enough... About Supported: Shouldn't Collabora be in the list???? [0] http://live.gnome.org/Accessibility Cheers P.S: I'll read the page again later and see if I find anything else... (got to work now =D) -- Flavio Percoco Premoli, A.K.A. [Flaper87] http://www.flaper87.org Usuario Linux registrado #436538 Geek by nature, Linux by choice, Archer of course. Key Fingerprint: CFC0 C67D FF73 463B 7E55 CF43 25D1 E75B E2DB 15C7 The Solution to everything: python -c "from struct import pack; print pack('5b', (41*len('99')), pow(8,2)+20, 4900**0.5, range(78)[-1], 10)"
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